Hilarious Starfield Jump Scare Proves Bethesda Really Made A Horror Game

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A jump scare has shown the horrors that lurk in the Settled Systems. While Bethesda's sci-fi RPG does have plenty of action and exploration at its core, there are some moments of horror throughout the game, particularly when fending off some of the alien life forms across the galaxy.

One such moment was captured by Redditor Murderware. During the side quest Operation Starseed, which sees players venturing to the Crucible cloning facility on Charybdis III following a distress call. This facility is swarming with hostile creatures, such as Spaceroaches, which are somewhat easy to kill, and a Maggotmaw.

As shown in Murderware's footage, they developed a false sense of security and turned their back on a queen Maggotmaw, which appeared to be slow or unmoving. As soon as they turned around, however, the creature was already upon them and killed them with one hit, with its speed and brutality creating an impressive jumpscare in a game with very few of them.

The comments below Murderware's post showed many others underestimated the Maggotmaw and paid the price, with some calling her «the toughest creature in the game» and wishing the Terrormorphs were as scary. They did, however, explain how to get through this situation, stating that she is a bullet sponge and can very easily kill players in a single hit.To escape the Maggotmaw queen, players must bait her to a choke point where she can no longer reach them. On a separate thread regarding the creature, pearljam18259 recommended repeated sneak attacks while Horizon_Thunder suggested retreating to the doorway players entered through quickly and attacking from there.

There are several other dark stories told throughout that add an element of horror to the sci-fi proceedings, with Terrormorphs hunting players through a facility, to ghost ships found adrift amongst debris with chilling recordings from its crew's final moments, to an entire sequence aboard the Colander ship which is a reference to the movie in which players